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September 22<br />
School of Ma<strong>the</strong>matics<br />
RECORD OF EVENTS<br />
What follows is a calendar of events sponsored by <strong>the</strong> Schools of<br />
Historical Studies, Ma<strong>the</strong>matics, Natural Sciences and Social Science<br />
Algebraic Geometry Seminar: "Factorization in<br />
CFT" (Verlinde-<strong>for</strong>mula)<br />
GERD FALTINGS, IAS<br />
PDE Seminar: "Blow-up Surfaces <strong>for</strong> Nonlinear<br />
Wave Equations"<br />
SATYANAD KICHENASSAMY, University of<br />
Minnesota<br />
September 25<br />
School of Historical Studies<br />
Art History Colloquium: "<strong>The</strong> Architectural<br />
Drawings of Antonio da Sangallo <strong>the</strong> Younger:<br />
Problems and Preliminary Results"<br />
NICHOLAS ADAMS, MS<br />
School of Natural Sciences<br />
Lunchtime Seminar: "On Background<br />
Independent Open-String Field <strong>The</strong>ory"<br />
EDWARD WITTEN, MS<br />
September 28<br />
School of Natural Sciences<br />
<strong>The</strong>oretical Physics Seminar: "Gravitational<br />
Waves in <strong>the</strong> Cosmic Microwave Background"<br />
RICK DAVIS, University of Pennsylvania<br />
September 29<br />
School of Ma<strong>the</strong>matics<br />
Algebraic Geometry Seminar: "Factorization in<br />
CFT" (Verlinde-<strong>for</strong>mula)<br />
GERD FALTINGS, MS<br />
PDE Seminar: "Asymptotic Behavior <strong>for</strong> a<br />
Parabolic Problem of <strong>the</strong> Emden-Fowler Type"<br />
IRENEO PERAL, Universidad de Autonoma de Madrid<br />
Scalar and Mean Curvature Seminar: "A Survey<br />
of Prescribed Curvature Problems"<br />
PAUL YANG, MS<br />
School of Natural Sciences<br />
Condensed Matter Seminar: "Electrodynamics of<br />
a Quantum Hall Liquid"<br />
CHARLES HANNA, IBM WaUon Research Center<br />
and by <strong>the</strong> Office of <strong>the</strong> Director<br />
<strong>Academic</strong> year <strong>1992</strong>-<strong>1993</strong><br />
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September 30<br />
School of Ma<strong>the</strong>matics<br />
Superrigidity Seminar: '<br />
ARMAND BOREL, MS<br />
Introductory Survey"<br />
Diophantine Approximation Seminar: "New<br />
Effective Methods <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> Thue Equation"<br />
ENRICO BOMBIERI, MS<br />
Geometry Seminar: "Manifolds Without<br />
Conjugate Points"<br />
BRUCE KLEINER, IAS<br />
October 1<br />
School of Ma<strong>the</strong>matics<br />
Quantum Algebraic Geometry Seminar:<br />
"Introduction to Mirror Manifolds"<br />
BRIAN GREENE, MS<br />
Geometric Heat Flows Seminar: "A Survey of<br />
Geometric Flows"<br />
RICHARD HAMILTON, IAS<br />
Ricci Flow Seminar: "Results and Conjectures in<br />
<strong>the</strong> Ricci Flow"<br />
RICHARD HAMILTON, MS<br />
October 2<br />
School of Social Science<br />
Science Studies Seminar: Organizational Meeting<br />
CLIFFORD GEERTZ, MS<br />
October 5<br />
School of Ma<strong>the</strong>matics<br />
Members Seminar: "A Survey of hjcohomology"<br />
LESLIE SAPER, MS<br />
October 6<br />
School of Ma<strong>the</strong>matics<br />
Algebraic Geometry Seminar: "Factorization in<br />
CFT" (Verlinde-<strong>for</strong>mula)<br />
GERD FALTINGS, MS<br />
PDE Seminar: "Green's Function Estimates and<br />
<strong>the</strong> Moser-Trudinger Inequality"<br />
WILLIAM BECKNER, University of Texas, Austin